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Excellent idea!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/08/2016 06:08 AM, Kirk D Mccann
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<p dir="ltr">You could always use a ram disk for anything that is
going to thrash the disk just make sure to occasionally copy the
data to permanent storage.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 7, 2016 8:10 PM, "david" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ainut@knology.net"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ainut@knology.net">ainut@knology.net</a></a>>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks,
Hunter. That sounds like good advice.<br>
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New question, though. I have read of some concerns about
booting on the SSD's. Is this truly an issue? Can't I just
use gparted or equivalent to copy my hard disk stuff onto the
SSD with a tool that handles automagic partitioning and let
'er rip? Or am i missing something? If I could make the
current boot disk "read-only" I would while doing these tests.<br>
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I got dazzled by the prospect of nearly instant booting...<br>
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David<br>
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On 03/07/2016 07:34 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote:<br>
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My advice:<br>
- Turn off swap.<br>
- Install smartmontools and/or GSmartControl and configure
them to<br>
tell you when your disk is about to die. Check the utilities
manually<br>
if paranoid.<br>
- Don't worry about anything else.<br>
--<br>
Hunter Fuller<br>
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:57 PM, david <<a
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target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ainut@knology.net">ainut@knology.net</a></a>> wrote:<br>
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No, they have nothing to do with venereal diseases.<br>
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For Debian Jessie on AMD64 platforms:<br>
I just spent some big bucks (for me) on a 500 GB SSD
(Samsung Evo) and<br>
wondered what your opinion is on their lifetime? Should I
force things that<br>
thrash the disks a lot (like Folding@home and maybe swap)
onto a rotating<br>
platter? Swap is hardly used since I have 16 Gb core but
FAH thrashes the<br>
hard drive *all* the time; one can hear it constantly.
I've not installed<br>
the SSD yet.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
David M.<br>
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